{"id":9813,"date":"2011-09-18T21:21:14","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T05:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=9813"},"modified":"2012-04-18T20:29:40","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T04:29:40","slug":"blues-in-the-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/18\/blues-in-the-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues in the Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It may sound like the name of a music festival in Golden Gate Park, but actually, it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/\">about orchids<\/a>. They&#8217;re blue orchids to be exact, like the brilliant <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/dendrobium.html\">Dendrobium<\/a> in the first photo. It&#8217;s an uncommon orchid color, and it&#8217;s only one of many standouts from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/10\/orchids-in-the-park\/\">Orchids in the Park 2011<\/a>. Thanks to Dave&#8217;s photography skills, we have great blooms to share.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Dendrobium_victoria_reginae_Blues_Brothers_640px.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9822\" title=\"The Blue Orchid, a Dendrobium species\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Dendrobium_victoria_reginae_Blues_Brothers_640px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"The Blue Orchid, a Dendrobium species\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Dendrobium_victoria_reginae_Blues_Brothers_640px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Dendrobium_victoria_reginae_Blues_Brothers_640px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Dendrobium_victoria_reginae_Blues_Brothers_640px.JPG 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Paphiopedilum_Memoria_Richard_Steele_HighRoundArch_x_S_Gratix_Golden_Aussie_Spots_640px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9817\" title=\"Paphiopedilum hybrid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Paphiopedilum_Memoria_Richard_Steele_HighRoundArch_x_S_Gratix_Golden_Aussie_Spots_640px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Paphiopedilum hybrid\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Paphiopedilum_Memoria_Richard_Steele_HighRoundArch_x_S_Gratix_Golden_Aussie_Spots_640px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Paphiopedilum_Memoria_Richard_Steele_HighRoundArch_x_S_Gratix_Golden_Aussie_Spots_640px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Paphiopedilum_Memoria_Richard_Steele_HighRoundArch_x_S_Gratix_Golden_Aussie_Spots_640px.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Masdevallia_640px.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9815\" title=\"Masdevallia flower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Masdevallia_640px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia flower\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Masdevallia_640px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Masdevallia_640px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Masdevallia_640px.JPG 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Vuylstekeara_Nellie_Isler_Swiss_Beauty_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9820\" title=\"Vuylstekeara flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Vuylstekeara_Nellie_Isler_Swiss_Beauty_800px-76x128.jpg\" alt=\"Vuylstekeara flowers\" width=\"76\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Vuylstekeara_Nellie_Isler_Swiss_Beauty_800px-76x128.jpg 76w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Vuylstekeara_Nellie_Isler_Swiss_Beauty_800px-180x300.jpg 180w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Vuylstekeara_Nellie_Isler_Swiss_Beauty_800px.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Maxillaria_triloris_640px.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9816\" title=\"Maxillaria flower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Maxillaria_triloris_640px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Maxillaria flower\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Maxillaria_triloris_640px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Maxillaria_triloris_640px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Maxillaria_triloris_640px.JPG 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Phragmipedium_besseae_640px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9818\" title=\"Phragmipedium flower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Phragmipedium_besseae_640px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Phragmipedium flower\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Phragmipedium_besseae_640px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Phragmipedium_besseae_640px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Phragmipedium_besseae_640px.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those blues are impressive, but other hues also show the remarkable range and depth of nature&#8217;s palette. Check back soon for more orchid eye-candy from this weekend&#8217;s event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It may sound like the name of a music festival in Golden Gate Park, but actually, it&#8217;s about orchids. They&#8217;re blue orchids to be exact, like the brilliant Dendrobium in the first photo. It&#8217;s an uncommon orchid color, and it&#8217;s only one of many standouts from Orchids in the Park 2011. Thanks to Dave&#8217;s photography [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,27,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-growing-orchids-in-san-francisco","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9813"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11759,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9813\/revisions\/11759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}